CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The Wofford College track and field program had another strong performance at the 2023 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at the Catamount Athletic Complex on the campus of Western Carolina University. The Wofford women were second overall and the men were seventh, while five individual titles were claimed.
 
Southern Conference titles were won by Netanya Linares in the heptathlon, the women's 4x100 relay team, Kerrington Johnson in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles, and Tanner Henry in the high jump. The five total titles are the second-most in school history (six in 2019).
 
The women's team scored 134 points to take second place. It marked the highest point total in school history and was the third time in the last four meets they finished second. The men's squad was seventh overall with 65 points, the fourth-highest total in school history.
 
Overall, seventeen All-Southern Conference honors were achieved which is the second-most in school history to the 18 earned in 2019. A total of seventeen All-Freshman honors were awarded to Terriers, the most in school history. Wofford also set five school records in the meet, all by the women's team.
 
"I am really proud of both teams and how hard they fought," said head coach Johnny Bomar. "We had some athletes with some injury issues heading into the meet but they continued to compete for us and scored in some key events. This year's senior class is one that I am really appreciative of with all of their hard work."  
The day began with the completion of the final three events of the heptathlon. Netanya Linares was first in the javelin as she was second overall with 4,585 points. She is the third different Terrier to win the event in the last four SoCon Championships (Amber Lust in 2019 and Maegan Dunn in 2021). Presley Worf was first in the 800 meters and was fourth overall with 3,770 points. After the final five events of the decathlon, Sebastian LaTorre was fifth overall with 5,540 points, which included a first place in the javelin, and Jackson Casey was seventh with 4,665 points, with a second place in the 1,500 meters.
 
In the field events, Ellie Sawicki was third in the shot put at 12.60 meters and also third in the discus at 39.57 meters to set a new school record. Chase Edwards was fifth in the discus with a throw of 40.92 meters. Netanya Linares added a third place in the high jump at 1.61 meters. In the men's high jump, Tanner Henry cleared 2.05 meters to win the event as he became the first Terrier to win the event since 2004. He also won the SoCon indoor high jump this season. Rylee Jorgensen added a sixth-place finish in the triple jump at 10.92 meters
 
To open the track events on Tuesday, the women's team od Kerrington Johnson, Ella Tennant, Rylee Jorgensen and Madeline McNinch won the 4x100 relay in a time of 45.91 to claim the event for the third straight year. The men's team of Christopher Sheppard, Cameron Dalton, Robert Hilsman and Nevius Fisher was second in the 4x100 relay at 41.89.
 
Kerrington Johnson took first place in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.64, winning the event for the third straight season. She also won the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor championships three straight seasons. In the men's 110-meter hurdles, Grant Witherspoon was fourth at 15.00.  Jasmine Jefferson was second in the 400 meters at 55.76, while Dahlia Cutler was sixth at 57.22 as well. In the women's 100 meters, Ella Tennant was fifth at 12.02 and Madeline McNinch was eighth in 12.22. Wofford had three men in the finals of the 100 meters, with Nevius Fisher in third (10.47), Robert Hilsman sixth (10.86) and Cameron Dalton seventh (10.88).
 
In the 400-meter hurdles, Kerrington Johnson won the event in a school-record time of 1:01.13 and Marga Van Der Linde was fifth in 1:05.37. For the men in the 400-meter hurdles, Grant Witherspoon was third in 53.49 and Ahmad Miles was seventh in 56.84. During the 200 meters, Jasmine Jefferson was third in 24.26 and Madeline McNinch was seventh in 25.30. For the men's 200 meters, Robert Hilsman was seventh in 21.64.
 
In the 4x400 relay to close out the meet, the Wofford women's team of Jasmine Jefferson, Dahlia Cutler, Kerrington Johnson and Brooke Sayre was edged out in the final straight-away by Western Carolina to finish second in a school-record time of 3:46.67. The men's team of Robert Hilsman, Grant Witherspoon, Conor Murphy, and Thomas Stamper was fourth at 3:17.60.
 
Samford won the men's championship third-straight season with 251 points and the women's championship with 220 points for the fourth-straight season.
 
RESULTS
Men's results – Final
1. Samford – 251 points
2. Western Carolina – 133
3. VMI – 97
4. ETSU – 91
5. The Citadel – 78
6. Furman – 70
7. Wofford – 65
8. UNCG – 21
 
Women's results – Final
1. Samford – 220 points
2. Wofford – 134 points
3. Western Carolina – 107.5
4. ETSU – 104.5
5. Furman – 70
6. The Citadel – 65
7. VMI – 39
T8. Mercer – 31
T8. Chattanooga – 31
10. UNCG – 7
 
Wofford All-Southern Conference Honors
Nevius Fisher – 100 meters
Tanner Henry – High Jump
Jasmine Jefferson – 400 meters, 200 meters
Kerrington Johnson – 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
Netanya Linares – Heptathlon, High Jump
Madeline McNinch – Long Jump
Georgia McDevitt – Long Jump
Jenna Reid – Hammer
Ellie Sawicki – Shot Put, Discus
Grant Witherspoon – 400-meter hurdles
Women's 4x100 Relay
Women's 4x400 Relay
Men's 4x100 Relay
 
Men's All-Freshman
Men's hammer throw
Quin Goodson, Wofford
Men's javelin
Quin Goodson, Wofford
Discus
Chase Edwards, Wofford
Shot put
Chase Edwards, Wofford
100-meter dash
Robert Hilsman, Wofford
200-meter dash
Robert Hilsman, Wofford
400-meter dash
Thomas Stamper, Wofford
800-meter run
Will Berger, Wofford
Ethan Hearn, Wofford
 
Women's All-Freshman
Women's hammer throw
Hannah Kunkle, Wofford
Women's javelin
Taylor Stingel, Wofford
Heptathlon
Presley Worf, Wofford
Shot put
Ellie Sawicki, Wofford
100-meter dash
Ella Tennant, Wofford
400-meter hurdles
Presley Worf, Wofford
200-meter dash
Ella Tennant, Wofford
Discus
Ellie Sawicki, Wofford